Matthew Rimmer<p>I am excited to see the publication of advance articles in Samuel Beckett Today from a special edition based on a symposium about Samuel Beckett in Central Europe <a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/sbt/aop/issue.xml" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brill.com/view/journals/sbt/ao</span><span class="invisible">p/issue.xml</span></a></p><p>I wrote about 'The Legal Dramas of Samuel Beckett: Copyright Law and Human Rights in the European Union'</p><p><a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/sbt/aop/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00006/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00006.xml" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brill.com/view/journals/sbt/ao</span><span class="invisible">p/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00006/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00006.xml</span></a></p><p>Alexander Hartley wrote a piece about copyright from a different angle, 'Is Beckett’s Drama ‘Stopped’? Accounting for the Aesthetics of Theatrical Copyright' <a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/sbt/aop/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00005/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00005.xml" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brill.com/view/journals/sbt/ao</span><span class="invisible">p/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00005/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00005.xml</span></a> </p><p>Anita Rákóczy has written about Károly Kazimir’s Opening Speech before the Hungarian Premiere of Waiting for Godot (1965) <a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/sbt/aop/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00007/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00007.xml" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brill.com/view/journals/sbt/ao</span><span class="invisible">p/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00007/article-10.1163-18757405-tat00007.xml</span></a> </p><p>I look forward to seeing the final versions of some of the other contributions to the collection.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EUlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUlaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theatre</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>performance</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/drama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drama</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a></p>
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skua<p>"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett</p><p>"Invest in failure" - F.C.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>They kept the camera rolling b/c once he started, Keaton was indefatigable. He’d often re-start scenes to give another take on the script or to immediately revise his previous interpretation (Photos: Buster Keaton conferring w/Samuel Beckett and director Alan Schneider on the set of “Film” c.1965)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFlickerSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFlickerSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Film1965" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film1965</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusterKeaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusterKeaton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlanSchneider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlanSchneider</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFilm</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>Beckett was new to film but was headstrong in his aesthetic and intent. Keaton was a consummate performer who was always interested in doing something new (Photo: Keaton&Beckett on the set of “Film” c. 1965)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFlickerSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFlickerSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Film1965" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film1965</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusterKeaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusterKeaton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFilm</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>It’s said that Buster Keaton and Samuel Beckett didn’t get along but moreso it was just that they worked in companionable silence. (Photo: Samuel Beckett examining portions of “Film” c. 1965)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFlickerSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFlickerSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Film1965" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film1965</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusterKeaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusterKeaton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlanSchneider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlanSchneider</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFilm</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>Samuel Beckett and Alan Schneider originally sent scripts to Charlie Chaplin ,who as far as we know never responded which is understandable since post his early days at Keystone Films Chaplin had an aversion to acting in scripts written by other people. Zero Mostel was also considered<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFlickerSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFlickerSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Film1965" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film1965</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlanSchneider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlanSchneider</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharlieChaplin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlieChaplin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFilm</span></a></p>
Dr. Dani Sanchez<p>Next we have “Film” (1965) (<a href="https://tinyurl.com/37b47u5f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/37b47u5f</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) written by Samuel Beckett, starring Buster Keaton and directed by Alan Schneider (with significant input by Beckett and some troubleshooting by Keaton)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFlickerSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFlickerSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Film1965" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film1965</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusterKeaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusterKeaton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlanSchneider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlanSchneider</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentFilm</span></a></p>
noiter online 🦦🌐<p><a href="https://yiff.life/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>Someone please help this guy. (Not sure if it's Vladamir or Estragon.)</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/godot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>godot</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a></p>
Kevin Bowen 🐭<p>"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."</p><p>Beautiful rendition. Completely different from the techbro pseudo-appropriation.</p><p>Worstword Ho(fragment) [1983] - Samuel Beckett</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1NkHIJ84Qk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=g1NkHIJ84Q</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SpokenWord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpokenWord</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>On the way home, frustrated by the frequency of requests, Joyce and Beckett are making for toilet stops, the carriage driver decides not to wait for Beckett's to return from the toilet, and left him “ingloriously abandoned on the outskirts of Paris”. 2/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrishLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/JamesJoyce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesJoyce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ulysses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ulysses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Bloomsday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomsday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Versailles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Versailles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Stephen<p>Hmm, not sure the artist has seen, heard or read Waiting for Godot.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/StreetArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StreetArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Enniskillen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enniskillen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Fermanagh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fermanagh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WaitingForGodot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaitingForGodot</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>According to his birth certificate, playwright and novelist, Samuel Beckett was born in Foxrock, Co Dublin on 13 May 1906. Throughout his life, he insisted his birth was on Good Friday - 13 April 1906. He was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrishLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NobelPrizeInLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NobelPrizeInLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Foxrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Foxrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Magda♪enaBerlin 💚 🦥 💚<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@blnensemble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blnensemble</span></a></span><br>WARTEN AUF GODOT <br>von <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a></p><p>Der Musiker <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/PhilippHagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilippHagen</span></a> begleitet die Inszenierung sowohl vor Beginn, während des Stückes und auch während der Pause live an einem präparierten Klavier und mit Stimme und Blasinstrumenten. Vorher und in der Pause konnte man ihm im Foyer, wo er saß, zusehen und zuhören. Er trug nicht unerheblich zur verfremdenden Stimmung bei... Eine großartige Bereicherung.</p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Beckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beckett</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Schauspiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schauspiel</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theater</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/BE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BE</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/BerlinerEnsemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BerlinerEnsemble</span></a></p>
Magda♪enaBerlin 💚 🦥 💚<p>Heute im <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@blnensemble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blnensemble</span></a></span><br>WARTEN AUF GODOT <br>von <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a></p><p>Das Jahrhundertwerk - philosophisch + komödiantisch mit den brillanten <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/MatthiasBrandt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MatthiasBrandt</span></a> und <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/PaulHerwig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulHerwig</span></a> in den Hauptrollen. </p><p>In Anbetracht der Absurdität des Lebens empfinde ich das Stück als gar nicht so absurd, sondern eher radikal. Viel Stoff zum Denken...</p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Beckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beckett</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Schauspiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schauspiel</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theater</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/BE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BE</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/BerlinerEnsemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BerlinerEnsemble</span></a></p>
Magda♪enaBerlin 💚 🦥 💚<p>Auf ein Stück wie <br>WARTEN AUF GODOT <br>von <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelBeckett</span></a> im <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@blnensemble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blnensemble</span></a></span><br>muss man sich gründlich vorbereiten...</p><p>Bin soooo gespannt... </p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Beckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beckett</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Schauspiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schauspiel</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theater</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/BE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BE</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/BerlinerEnsemble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BerlinerEnsemble</span></a></p>
it's kat! 🇵🇸✊<p>obligatory link to billie whitelaw's interpretation of beckett's 'not i'. grab a spliff if you've got one.<br><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=16rSsThMDiU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=16rSsTh</span><span class="invisible">MDiU</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/samuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/billieWhitelaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billieWhitelaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/drama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drama</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/monologue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monologue</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
it's kat! 🇵🇸✊<p>so...if you fancy waiting for godot, i can recommend allee samuel beckett in montparnasse. you can while away the hours watching billie whitelaw absolutely smash 'not i'.<br>ps: you should also know that sam worked as a courier with the french resistance & was nearly caught by the gestapo when his unit was betrayed.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/billieWhitelaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billieWhitelaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/samuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/montparnasse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>montparnasse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a></p>
it's kat! 🇵🇸✊<p>'i pause to record that i feel in extraordinary form. delirium, perhaps.' <br>dark as was his perspective on human existence, you can feel the humour, pathos & compassion in beckett's words just as you can see them etched into his face of ancient clay. he can also teach us a lot about context. you've seen the motivational phrase 'fail again. fail better'? it's an extract from 'worstward ho' & it's not meant to be tech bro motivation. it's an acceptance of life's utter absurdity.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/samuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samuelBeckett</span></a></p>
it's kat! 🇵🇸✊<p>even though it's likely apocryphal, my favourite story about samuel beckett is that he played chauffeur to a 12-year-old andre the giant. how did this situation arise? well, (if indeed there's any truth to the anecdote) sam was a member of andre's papa's card-playing group & andre's acromegaly meant he was too big for the local school bus. it's perfectly normal that a famous irish poet & playwright would don the hero's cape, non?<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/samuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samuelBeckett</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/andreTheGiant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>andreTheGiant</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
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